Embroidered and stuffed whitework quilt. Culture: British. Dimensions: 104 1/4 x 92 3/4 in. (264.8 x 235.6 cm). Date: ca. 1720.This whitework bed cover is decorated with both quilting and surface embroidery. The central ground is quilted in a basket weave pattern, with a floral medallion in the middle and shell motifs at each corner. The wide border of floral and shell motifs is surrounded by quilted strapwork. The piece is embroidered in a variety of stitches, and in some areas the linen embroidery threads have been woven over and under each other to make lacelike designs over the surface of the quilt. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.